The Wrongful Death Suit

The woman was crossing at the Manhattan corner of Jackson Street and Madison Avenue when she died. Her son sued the bus driver and the City of New York for running her over; negligence and wrongful death. . No one saw the woman until her body was found on the roadway thirty five feet from the crossing. Here's how the experts saw it. . The woman was first knocked to the ground by the bus, then rolled under the bus' dark body until she was killed by the right rear wheel. The experts said she must have tried to block the tire by raising her arm over her face. . The court found in favor of the plaintiff, granting seven hundred and fifty thousand dollars as the value for a few microseconds of "fearing impending death."